Falco (SSBM)/Up aerial

Overview

Hitbox duration of Falco's up aerial.

Falco kicks above himself whilst extending his tail upwards. This move has two hits, and is somewhat weaker than Fox's up aerial. The move is rarely used against fastfallers as a KO move because of this, though it is sometimes used as a powerful combo tool to lead into another moves, especially his Down aerial. It is more effective as a KO move against floaties, as it can be used as an alternative to his shine to Star KO on stages with low ceilings, such as Yoshi's Story and Pokémon Stadium. It can be used as a followup to shine against many characters. Falco can use it to techchase fastfallers on a platform above him, because of its tall second hitbox (Falco can short hop and stay below the platform when doing this). It can also situationally be used as a followup to an up throw, depending on the opponent's DI.

Hitboxes

ID	Part	Damage	SD	Angle	BK	KS	FKV	Radius	Bone	Offset			Clang	Rebound	Effect	G	A	Sound
Hit 1
0	0	6%	0		40	20	0	3.1248	17	0.0	0.0	-1.5624						Slash
1	0	6%	0		30	20	0	3.906	17	0.0	0.0	-3.1248						Slash
2	0	6%	0		30	20	0	3.906	4	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash
Hit 2
0	0	10%	0		22	120	0	3.659922	13	0.0	0.0	0.0						Kick
1	0	10%	0		22	120	0	5.4684	15	0.0	0.0	0.7812						Kick
2	0	10%	0		30	20	0	3.906	4	0.0	0.0	0.0						Slash

Timing

Attack

Initial autocancel	1-7
Hit 1	8-9
Hit 2	11-14
Ending autocancel	26-
Interruptible	36
Animation length	39

Landing lag

Animation length	18
L-cancelled animation length	9

Normal

L-cancelled

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Hitbox

Autocancel

Interruptible

Similar moves

• Fox's up aerial

Falco's moveset

Neutral attack (1 · 2 · inf) · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special